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i STATES? PATENT] oFEroE.

.. JUsTUs W. BUSH, or INDIAN wELLs, ARIzoNA.

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v Spe'ci'cation of Letters Patent. Batented Sept. 3,1912.

Application led April 27, 19.12. Serial No. 693,646.

. of Arizona, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements inI-Ioes;l and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of. the invention,

such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake andvuse t-he Same. -v

This invention relates to improvements in particularly to thepnlverizing vThe principal object of the invention is 'to nprovide'asimple device of this character by means of which thepulverizingcapaoity of.,

the hoe is greatly increased.-

Other objectsand -advantageswillbe apparent from the following'description and with particular reference to theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a-hoe made inaccordance with my invention, Fig, E2 1s a `rear elevation-of the same,Fig. 3 is a Viewl of thefcutting .edge of the hoe, Fig. 4 is a verticalsection on theline of Fig.-1. Fig. 5 is a fragblade isfprovided with aseries of isosceles mentary sectional view on the lineof Fig'l.Referring -particularly to the drawings,

.10 represents theblade of a hoefornied in accordance with myinvention,and which is provided with the usual handle 11, said blade being ingeneral out-line similar `to anordinary7 hoe. AThe lower edge of thishoe triangular teeth 12 both edges of which are beveled on both sides asindicated at 13 and 14. The double bevel of these teeth increase thecutting capacity of the teeth,- and malte thempracticallyself-sharpening.

' At suit-ablelpoints'through the blade above the teeth are formed theopenings 15,

through whichthe soil is 'adapted to ass in the operation of the hoe,each of sai opens ings having the lower semi-circular portion, 16, andthe upper triangular portion 17, the side walls of said upper portionbeing beveled on the face of the hoe away from they operator. Thesebeveled edges are bent slightly rearward and serve to further pulverizethe soil as it passesthrough 'the said opening.

A hoe formed in the inanner" above described is simple, cheap and light,and has a. greatly.. 'increased pulverizin g capacity owing to thedouble bevel of the cut-ting edge of the-hoe, together with the bevelededges of the triangular portion of the opening in the body of the blade,which also per# init-s the soil to pass therethrough.

What is claimedl is:

1. A hoe blade having a serrated ground engaging edge, each tooth ofVwhichis beveled on both edges and on both sides of the hoe blade, thesaidblade having openings above the serrated edge, the upper walls ofeach of said openings being beveled and bent rearwardly from-theface oftheblade.

2A' hoe bladehaving a double beveled serrated ground engaging edge, andopen- Q ings above the serrated edge. each of said openings having theupwardly converging walls and the lower semi-circular wall, the saidconverging-walls being beveledand bent outwardly from the rear face ofthe hoe blade.

In testimony whereof, I 'atiix in v signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

` JUSTUS'W. BUSH. Witnesses:

` Lewis C. JOHNSTON, EDWIN J. MARTY.

